Career

• Since 2019: Full Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (ESA-IPVC), Portugal
• 2016 - 2019: Coordinator Professor with Habilitation at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (ESA-IPVC), Portugal
• 1996 - 2015: Coordinator Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Instituto of Viana do Castelo (ESA-IPVC), Portugal
• 1989 - 1996: Auxiliary Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (ESA-IPVC), Portugal
• 1987 - 1989: Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (ESA-IPVC), Portugal
• 1985 - 1987: Coordinator of the Arcos de Valdevez Agricultural Vocational Training Center, Portugal
• 1983 - 1985: Secundary Mathematics Teacher at Secundary School of Paredes de Coura, Portugal

Roles

• 2013 - 2014: Expert of the European Innovation Partnership Focus Group on Organic Farming
• 2010 - 2014: Coordinator of the Technical-Scientific Committee of the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (ESA-IPVC), Portugal
• Since 2009: Coordinator of the Masters "Environmental Management and Land Use Planning" at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (ESA-IPVC), Portugal
• 1998 - 2007: President of the Scientific Council of the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo (ESA-IPVC), Portugal
• 1998 - 2001: Vice presidente of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (IPVC), Portugal
• 1995 - 1998: President of the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (ESA-IPVC), Portugal

Qualifications

• 2016 - "Agregação" in Agronomic and Forest Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal
• 1994 - PhD. in Agronomic Engineering, University of Reading, United Kingdom
• 1989 - MSc. in Crop Physiology, University of Reading, United Kingdom
• 1983 - Graduation in Agronomic Engineering, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal

Awards and Honors

• 2015 - Co-author of Oral Communication at the International Conference on Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society (AiCARE Award), Rome, Italy
• 2014 - Co-author of Best Poster Award at the Scientific Track of the 18th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Istanbul, Turkey
• 1994 - Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (IPVC) Award

Interests

• Composting
• Soil organic amendments
• Soil fertility
• Crop nutrition
• Crop physiology
• Organic Agriculture